BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2026, Words: 1,090) — If US president Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas Summit was supposed to be about freedom, security, and prosperity for the hemisphere, then Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico and its leaders — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Gustavo Petro, and […]
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COP30 outcomes emerge despite unprecedented geopolitical tensions
BELÉM, BRAZIL (By COP30, 23.Nov.2025, Words: 745) — The conference in Belém consolidates political and technical advances. It projects Brazilian leadership and inaugurates a global mutirão (collective effort) against climate change. At a moment widely recognized as the most geopolitically challenging and fragile for the Paris Agreement since its adoption […]
Mexico’s Sheinbaum and Brazil’s Lula talk bilateral relations, ethanol, biodiesel, aerospace
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 243) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo held a telephone discussion with her Brazilian counterpart president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss ways the 2 countries could boost bilateral relations. Mexico and Brazil are the 2 largest economic […]
Donald Trump threatens ‘un-American’ BRICS countries with 10% tariff
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (By Al Jazeera, 7.Jul.2025, Words: 608) — United States President Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs against the BRICS economic bloc after the group offered indirect criticism of trade wars and the recent military attacks in Iran. On Monday, Trump took aim at the 10-member bloc, which […]
BYD eyes producing EVs in Brazil in 2025
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2024, Words: 96) — Build Your Dream (BYD) Executive Vice President and CEO of the Americas Stella Li said the Chinese auto maker eyes producing its first vehicles in Brazil starting in 2025. Details were revealed during a meeting between Li and […]
Lula Fires Petrobras CEO Prates After Dividend Dispute
(Bloomberg, 15.May.2024) — Shares of Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA declined after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates following a dispute over dividend payments. Prates’s dismissal was confirmed late Tuesday by people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. Petrobras, […]
COP28 President-Designate Stands with Brazil’s Lula da Silva
(COP28, 9.Aug.2023) — Following talks at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Summit in the city of Belém, COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and Brazil’s President Lula da Silva have expressed their joint commitment to deliver a more equitable climate future, by putting nature at the core of the climate agenda at COP28. COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber commends […]
Lula to Start Job Interviews for Petrobras Overhaul, Sources Say
(Reuters, 21.Nov.2022) — Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva begins interviews this week with candidates to run oil firm Petrobras, people familiar with the talks said, kicking off what may be a rocky few months for the state-controlled company. Lula, who takes office on Jan. 1, has already signaled […]
Bolsonaro says Petrobras Privatization Possible Next Year
(Reuters, 26.Aug.2022) — President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he has authorized Minister of Mines and Energy Adolfo Sachsida to consider the privatization of oil company Petrobras next year, if the president is re-elected in October. “Sachsida has this idea. I gave him the green light to discuss privatization of […]
Lula’s Plan to Keep Petrobras State-Controlled Is a Mistake, Minister Says
(Bloomberg, 26.Aug.2022) — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plan to keep Brazil oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA as a state-controlled company if elected again is a mistake, according to Energy Minister Adolfo Sachsida. Former president Lula, the front-runner for the October elections, has been promising to reverse years of cost […]
NRGBriefs: Lula Participates in Discussion about Fuel Prices in Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participating in a chat w/ specialists with the Federation of Oil Workers (FUP by its Portuguese acronym) to discuss the price of fuel in Brazil; Shell Colombia and state owned Ecopetrol spudding their Gorgon-2 […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s VP Delcy Rodríguez on impact of US sanctions
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Mar.2022, Words: 191) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez commenting on the impact of US sanctions on Venezuela during her 2022 presentation of the “Memoria y Cuenta” to the National Assembly; and a recent election poll from Genial/Quaest published on […]
Colombia Presidential Favorite Gustavo Petro Wants to Form a Global Anti-Oil Bloc
(Bloomberg, 14.Jan.2022) — Colombia’s presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro is calling on ideological allies across Latin America and the world to join him in forming a new bloc to lead the economy away from fossil fuels. Oil and coal currently account for nearly half of Colombia’s exports, but Petro says if […]
Ex-Petrobras Trader Tells Judge Vitol Bribed Him
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle and Andy Hoffman, 25.Nov.2019) — A former Petroleo Brasileiro SA oil trader who went by the code name “Phil Collins” told a Brazilian judge he received bribes from Vitol Group to favor the firm in contracts with the crude producer, court documents show. Carlos Roberto Martins Barbosa […]
Brazil Presidential Hopeful Vows to Create 2 Million Green-Energy Jobs
(Efe, 21.Sep.2018) — Environmentalist Marina Silva said on Friday that if elected next month as Brazil’s president, she will create 2 million jobs through programs to promote use of renewable energy. Silva, who finished third in the 2014 and 2010 contests, is currently at 7 percent in the polls ahead […]
Former Lula Minister Sentenced to Jail in Petrobras Case
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 18.May.2016) – Former Brazilan Minister José Dirceu was sentenced to a 23-year, 3-month prison term due to his presumed involvement in the Petrobras corruption scandal. Dirceu, who served as the President of the Workers Party (PT by its Portuguese acronym), was one of the most […]
Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico: Three Ways To Nationalize Oil
(CSMonitor, 12.May.2012) — Argentina’s renationalization of its biggest oil company, YPF, recently caused an outcry. But the cases of oil nationalization in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela show that outcomes can vary widely. “Nationalization is an old story in Latin America,” says Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. […]